Hand Embroidered Tote Bags.

Recently I have been experimenting with different ways of drawing and creating new pieces of work. This week I have been hand embroidering this tote bag, I thought for my first one I would stick with something smile that doesn't have any curves. This geometric shape is something I have drawn before and thought I would be comfortable working with in this format. I stuck with simple pastel colours and used a dark grey for the outline, making the whole shape stand out. 

I am currently thinking up more ideas for more tote bags, these will go onto my etsy store very shortly as on ofd's. each bag will be lined with an embroidery stabiliser so when you're putting things in and getting things out, there will be no chance of you snagging a thread and ruining the bag! 

If you like what you see and which for something a bit different to what I'm doing, don't hesitate to contact me for a custom order! Email me on paigemitchelldesign@gmail.com

Close Up Of Embroidery.

Whole Embroidery Piece.

Finished Tote Bag.

Early 20th Birthday.

On Friday I received this beautiful printing press in the post as an early 20th birthday present from my Dad. It's just a tad smaller than A3 but its perfect for what I will be using it for. Need to stock up on lino and polypropylene for making all the pretty prints! Will be looking into buying some plain tote bags to lino print onto in the near future too! 

In the last picture you can see the first etching I made using this press, so pleased with the result! 

Printing press, top view.

Printing press, side view.

First etching from my printing press.

Lino Printing.

A few weeks ago, I was packing up my house/room to move and came across a few spare pieces of lino which had never been cut. I put these to good use and made a bunch of prints, some leaf prints which are about the size of a standard bookmark, and some hannya mask prints which are roughly A5. Each print varies and has something different and unique about it, this is because each piece is hand printed (not printed using a press). I will be finishing the bookmarks in the coming weeks by making them double sided (red and black). These will be available later this week from my etsy here!

Bookmark linocut.

Bookmark prints before cutting.

Hannya mask A5 prints.

Dancing At Angles.

I recently got commissioned to make a double-sided flyer for a new monthly event which will be happening in Norwich. The event is called Dancing at Angles and will be held at The Birdcage (23 Pottergate, Norwich) on the 1st August. There are three bands playing this first event,  Thieving Icons, Edenites, and Reno Dakota. 

The flyer I have designed will be going to print this week, make sure you grab yourself one to get £1 off entry on the door! 

Flyers will be handed out around Norwich in the next few weeks.

Photoshop.

After completing all of my university work early, I've been playing about with photoshop and my tablet. I took a carbon paper drawing and added some splashes of colour to make it a little more interesting. Now I've finished my first year of university, I'm going to try to keep up to at least one illustration a day. Hopefully this summer will be the start of portfolio building. 

Carbon Paper, Photoshop Edit.

Portfolio Contents Page.

I've just made myself a quick, A3 piece to go inside the front cover sleeve of my portfolio. Rather than sticking to a general plain A3 piece of paper with text, I thought I would add some detail just to make my portfolio me attractive. I added part of an illustration from the inside of the portfolio and repeated it underneath the text. 

Portfolio Contents.

Colourful Mens Face Prints.

These three geometric mens faces are also now up for sale (as prints) on my etsy store. They are individual and A5 sized, printed onto 200gsm paper. You can view and order these here, here, and here! 

Hand and Hair Prints.

The two 'Hand and Hair' drawings are now on my etsy store available to order as prints. You can view and order these here and here!

Gem Faces.

I tried something new, combining the use of fine detailed hair drawing and messy but pretty ink splats. These will be up for sale in the next few weeks on my etsy store as A5 mini prints. 

Line drawings.

Final design, ink added.

Hand and Hair #2

After finishing my first hand and hair piece, I decided I would continue using this style of working, and try to get to the best possible standard I can. I created this circular hand and hair piece. I used A4 white paper and a black 0.25mm micron fine liner. This will also be up for sale on my etsy store as prints in the next few weeks.

Line drawing.

The beginning of hair drawing.

Close up of hair detail.

Close up of the finished piece.

The finished piece.

Hands and Hair #1

My CD artwork commission fell through, but I continued the piece I was making and will now be scanning it and making prints. I was very happy with the outcome of my first really intricate piece (for a long time). You will be able to order these on my etsy web-store in the next few weeks. 

Finished hand and hair piece.

New commission.

I am working on a new commission currently to create a band CD cover art. I will be creating the back and front for the CD and will be creating a logo for them also. So far I have almost completed the front cover art work.

Tutankhamun

Yesterday I had a play about with water and acrylic ink painting. I painted a black and grey Tutankhamun mask. I was pleased with the outcome for my first painting in a long time, even if it is a bit messy. Here are some pictures from my process.

Blacking out and lining.

Blacked out and lined.

Finished.

Messy, but finished.

Foo Dog A5 Prints.

I recently finished a line and dot work drawing of a foo dog. I have now got this up for sale on my Etsy store for £9 each. You can order these here.

Foo Dog A5 Print.

Zine pieces.

I was asked a few weeks ago to contribute two pieces to a zine. There was no theme, only that it would be printed A5 and black and white. I went with something I haven't done too much, but would like to get better at, small precise pieces of work in a Tibetan style. Here are the two pieces I made, may be up for sale as small prints soon.

Dotwork flower.

Dotwork tiger.

University- Unit Two.

I am now coming up to my second term deadline (this friday), and it's become quite stressful. Slowly but surely, I'm getting there, have tomorrow to catch up and fill out my portfolio and then hand in on Friday morning. Here are a few bits I have been doing this term.

"Lipstick is usually made with fish scales"- Truth or lie piece.

"Orcas have their average life expectancy halved in captivity"- Truth or lie piece.

"The king of hearts does not have a moustache"- Truth or lie piece.

"Morte"- One word poster (death) piece.

Creating new meanings piece based on constellations.

Original ink paintings.

Today I was ill and in bed, so spent my day creating 12 new pretty original ink paintings to go up for sale on my Etsy online store. You can buy these new pieces here!

A6 Axe Original.

A5 Double Headed Cat Original.

A5 Skull/Lady Original.

A5 Hand Original.

A5 Heart And Eye Original.

A5 Anatomic Heart Original.

A5 Lantern Original.

A5 Messy Mandala Original.

A5 Messy Mandala Original.

A6 Rope Heart Original.

A6 Geometric Shape Original.

A5 Geometric Shape Original.